Molecular Biology

by Weaver, Robert F.

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4th

ISBN13:

9780073319940

ISBN10:

0073319945

Format:

Hardcover

Pub. Date:

1/12/2007

Publisher(s):

McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math

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Molecular Biology, 4/eby Robert Weaver, is designed for an introductory course in molecular biology. The text is geared not only toward presenting concepts of molecular biology, but also the experiments that led to those concepts. Guided by this experimental approach, Dr. Weaver has been published byNational Institutesas well asNational Geographic.

Introduction
A Brief History
The Molecular Nature of Genes
An Introduction to Gene Function
Methods of Molecular Biology
Molecular Cloning Methods
Molecular Tools for Studying Genes and Gene Activity
Transcription in Prokaryotes
The Mechanism of Transcription in Prokaryotes
Operons: Fine Control of Prokaryotic Transcription
Major Shifts in Prokaryotic Transcription
DNA-Protein Interactions in Prokaryotes
Transcription in Eukaryotes
Eukaryotic RNA Polymerases and Their Promoters
General Transcription Factors in Eukaryotes
Transcription Activators in Eukaryotes
Chromatin Structure and Its Effects on Transcription
Posttranscriptional Events
Messenger RNA Processing I: Splicing
Messenger RNA Processing II: Capping and Polyadenylation
Other RNA Processing Events
Translation
The Mechanism of Translation I: Initiation
The Mechanism of Translation II: Elongation and Termination
Ribosomes and Transfer RNA
DNA Replication, Recombination, and Transposition
DNA Replication I: Basic Mechanism and Enzymology
DNA Replication II: Detailed Mechanism
Homologous Recombination
Transposition
Genomes
Genomics and Proteomics
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